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4th ELB since friday
			Badger:
			
			  If I don't get this one right I quit!  First one too much bend in the handle, second one too much bend in the outer limbs, 3rd one just a little more set than I wanted. This is all because I try to rough them out too close to finished demensions. This one I am on now is looking just right so far if I don't screw something up. 
		
			Del the cat:
			
			You love it really  ;) >:D
Del
		
			Badger:
			
			       I am trying for a little more mass and a slightly more extreme elyptical tiller, not radical just more than usual. I have trouble keeping that transition smooth, I have always struggled with this. This last one I am going more by limb taper than watching the limbs bend and spot scraping it. 50@20" going for 50#@26". I call this the death zone where they start to take set. 
		
			Ian.:
			
			Absolutely post 20" is the killer. Also did you miss the 1 off your weight or do you mean 50lb?  >:D
		
			Badger:
			
			  It is a 50# elb flight bow for a young lady from hungry. Anything under about 80# is kind of hard with the wood combo I am using. white oak backed ipe. My eye is so used to the stiff handled bows I normally build.
		
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